I have just had my Ventus CM refinished. Pretty sure it is all carbon,
except the fin which is glass.
Mark
On Jul 1, 10:00 am, Hellman <hell...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 12:54 pm, Brad <apispi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Do you pilots with carbon airframes, and antennas in the rudder find
> > this to be an ok solution? Do you find that the antenna gets blanked
> > out if the pilot you are talking to is in front of you and therfore
> > have the carbon fin blocking the signal?
>
> > I fly an all carbon sailplane sailplane, but use a handheld with a
> > rubber duck antenna, what I find is that the fuselage can blank out
> > transmissions at some points of the circle.
>
> Stemmes (and probably other ****ps) have the same configuration - all
> carbon fiber except for the rudder which is fiberglass so the com
> antenna can be mounted there. Works well EXCEPT when directly ahead
> since then the vertical fin absorbs much of the radio energy. When I
> call inbound to an air****t, I always turn at least 20 degrees from the
> tower. Seems to work OK.
>
> Martin
> WT
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